Egyptian Health acknowledged the death of 15 cases of swine flu after two months of silence ( the island )
Abdul Rahman Abu Gheit - Cairo
" He died so far four doctors working in intensive care , after that moved them from infection in patients with HIV 1 The 1 known as swine flu , and there are daily deaths from the disease , but the Ministry of Health quite secretive ."
With these words across Mustafa al-Banna doctor Dakahlia governorate doctors for fear of contracting the disease due to poor medical capabilities at government hospitals .
He said al-Banna in a statement to the island revealed that there is a mutation in the swine flu virus began in Dakahlia province that led to the high mortality rate , asking the ministry to take all precautionary measures competent epidemics , and the reduction of statements that underestimate him , and reveal the real results of the samples analyzes doctors deceased .
For his part, the World Health Organization adviser of Preventive Medicine , Dr. Nasr in Cairo Tantawi 's death after 14 cases of swine flu , including four doctors , and that the number of cases of HIV infection in Egypt amounted to 45 cases since January last year.
Tantawi explained in an official statement that the total suspected cases last month, 107 cases , and the results proved positive analysis of 45 of them , and was awaiting the results of the rest of the samples conducted in reference laboratories U.S. research unit " NAMRU " to ensure the integrity of the results.
He said doctors had died because of exposure to infection next to other illnesses , where there was a doctor infected poisoning pregnancy, as a doctor for the injury suffered from the outpatient clinic ."Ahmed Kamel denied the death of any of the doctors because of swine flu , pointing to the existence of only two cases among doctors"
Belated recognitionAfter a two-month silence confessed spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population , Dr. Ahmed Kamel , for the first time the death of 16 cases , and injuring another 172 cases since December / December 2013 , because of being infected with swine flu .
He denied in a press statement the death of any of the doctors because of swine flu , pointing to the existence of two cases only among doctors , the first female doctor called Najla Fathi and recovered from the disease , and the second for Ahmad Ahawadvy is still undergoing treatment at a hospital Palace -kind downtown Cairo .
Kamel said that " all employees of hospitals fevers , chest and intensive care at the level of the Republic received the vaccination against swine flu ," stressing that the ministry to provide all hospitals vaccine " Tamiflu for treating swine flu " , as well as to take all precautionary measures to prevent infection , and the emphasis on hospital administrators separation of infected cases and sound .
ShorteningTreasurer of the Medical Association , Dr. Khaled Samir confirmed that nine doctors were exposed to the disease , of whom four died , pointing out that the Ministry of Health and deal with cases not objective , and most of it is the release of data accuses doctors of negligence of the deceased before their death .
Samir revealed in a press statement that the union has warned the Ministry of Health , and demanded to announce the presence of the disease three weeks ago , but ignored this warning without logical reasons .
As a member of the movement of Physicians for Egypt Osama Abdul Aziz has warned of the spread of the swine flu virus , appealing to health departments and all hospitals to take all safety measures and infection control and providing the tools necessary to preserve the lives of doctors and their health and the protection of Egyptian society, the whole of the outbreak of the epidemic .
He asked in a statement about the reasons for the island's discretion and the Ministry of Health on the spread of the disease two months , despite the fall of the victims , stressing the need for the establishment of a specialized center for the study of viruses that attack the Egyptians in particular new virus mutations pigs and birds
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